Chapter 38 Chapter Eighteen

Crackling footsteps and neighing horseshoes resounded on the street of colleague Li Shimintu.Dingguo soldiers in gray uniforms blocked Tongrenli under the orders of old general Hao and the provincial police commander.Barricades with iron thorns were erected at the three intersections leading to Tongrenli. Except for the master and servant of No. 88 Hao Mansion, all residents and pedestrians entering and leaving Tongrenli were searched.Soldiers from the Dingguo Army marched in No. 40 Jingyuan and No. 13 Liu Mansion, and soldiers with spears guarded the gates all day long.A few men in Anguo Army uniforms were arrested in Jingyuan and Liu Mansions. Hao Baochuan and Liu Anjie's family members and children were not arrested yet, and they were only waiting for the next order from General Hao.

In this way, the war was pushed in front of the elders, wives, young masters and ladies in the colleagues, which made the group of nobles who are used to living a comfortable life dumbfounded.They never thought that the battle would come to this neutral official street, and they all thought that General Hao was crazy. There is no peace to speak of in the peaceful official street, and even Hao's mansion has caused a lot of inconvenience because of this.In addition to the original guard team, the guard commander sent another platoon to protect.A regiment leader surnamed Zhao also came in with a few soldiers.The wives in Hao's mansion always found it dazzling to see swords and swords, and they were not used to it, so they asked Captain Zhao and the soldiers who came to protect them to withdraw.Head Zhao quit, saying that he was a soldier and had to carry out orders, and that he couldn't bear the responsibility if any young master or wife in the mansion was injured.

Commander Zhao lives in the mansion, so the mansion is very lively, every day some battalion commanders and company commanders come to report.The garrison commander of the provincial capital also came every few days, so he knew very well the battle ahead. At first it was said that the fight was not good. Hao Baochuan's Anguo Army and Liu Anjie's New Second Division pulled General Hao's Jiangfang Regiment over. All the fortresses along the river were lost, as was General Hao's Baisha Port.After Hao Baochuan and Liu Anjie crossed the river, they advanced extremely fast. In just ten days, they forced Old General Hao to retreat 180 miles, and lost three cities and four counties.Later, Lu Dingbang in the north of the Yangtze River made a big fuss behind Hao Baochuan's back. Hao Baochuan mobilized part of his troops to deal with Lu Dingbang, and it was only then that Old General Hao stood up in the Mashan area.

The commander of the security said in a rejoicing tone: "It's also thanks to the support in Mashan. If I can't stand it any longer, the old man may bloodwash our official street and kill Hao Baochuan and Liu Anjie's family members! The old man is impatient, what? Can't do anything..." When the security commander said this, many wives of the Hao residence were present, including Nan Rulin.Nan Rulin felt her scalp go numb, as if seeing Old General Hao really ordered to wash the official streets with blood.The wives and children of Liu Anjie and Hao Baochuan were being tied up on the street and were being mopped with guns. Bullets exploded everywhere, and the air was full of blood...

Nan Rulin covered her face and thought, everything that happened in front of her and everything that might happen in the future were all caused by the death of the young master, so she was also caused.She made a big fuss, not only did she harm the young master alone, but she actually provoked a bloody war, which killed so many innocent people, it is really hard to escape the blame. Of course, there is also Ruifang, the ninth wife, and Ruifang cannot escape the blame. As early as when Captain Wang escaped, Nan Rulin became suspicious, thinking that Ruifang was involved in the death of the young master.Captain Wang and Yuan Jizhi killed the young master, would Ruifang not know?For such a big matter, can Captain Wang discuss it with Ruifang?Captain Wang has always listened to Ruifang the most. This can be seen from Captain Wang's attitude towards Ruifang. Ruifang has also mentioned it to her.

Nan Rulin went to ask Ruifang. Ruifang looked very surprised, and asked Nan Rulin, Captain Wang killed the young master to discuss with me, then Yuan Jizhi also participated in the killing of the young master, can I not discuss with you?Instead, you should tell me what you know! Nan Rulin was speechless, she knew Ruifang was lying, but she couldn't break it. Nan Rulin felt even more uncomfortable after the commander of the security said about the bloodbath on the official street, and went to Ruifang's bedroom again that night to find Ruifang, wanting Ruifang to explain clearly.Nan Rulin thought that no matter what Ruifang did, she had to get to the bottom of it, and she couldn't keep being blinded like this.

Ruifang can put things aside in her heart, even if there is such a commotion on the official street, Ruifang is still fine.I can still eat and sleep well.When Nan Rulin went to look for Ruifang that night, Ruifang had already fallen asleep.Nan Rulin knocked on the door for a long time before Ruifang got up in her clothes and opened the door.Seeing that Nan Rulin asked about the eldest young master again, Ruifang tried to persuade her with a smile on her face, saying that it was all in the past, so why mention it!You'd better go to Liu Mansion to play cards. Nan Rulin said: "When the trouble has come to this, how can I still have the mind to play cards? Besides, even if I want to play, I can't play cards. Liu's mansion is surrounded by soldiers, and Liu Anjie's two wives cry all day long. Who will play with me?" hit?"

Ruifang sat on the bed with her arms around her, and said with a smile: "Then let's play in another place. Doesn't Chairman Qian of the General Chamber of Commerce often have poker games? I'll just go with you!" Nan Rulin couldn't help it anymore. Pulling down her face, she said to Ruifang: "Don't tell me about playing cards! I only think about the battle in front of me! Don't you think about it, how many people will die in this chaotic fight!" Ruifang stretched on the bed, and yawned: "Can we control it? It's not our women's business to fight. Whoever likes to fight will fight, and whoever deserves to die!" Nan Rulin shouted: "This... this It's all because of the young master!"

Ruifang's face also dropped, she looked at Nan Rulin darkly, and said with a cold smile: "Stupid! They have to fight because of the young master! It's not like you don't know, they wanted to fight a long time ago, what excuses do you have?" They can fight each other. This matter has nothing to do with Lu Dingbang's fart, isn't he also a 'righteous war'? Didn't he also fight for a shitty and worthless bill in the provincial council two years ago!" Nan Rulin didn't expect Ruifang to say that anymore, so she pointed at Ruifang's nose bitterly and said, "You...you are really a villain! You caused the young master to die, and Captain Wang and Yuan Ji fled straight away. This caused the flames of war to spread across Jiangnan and Jiangbei..." Nan Rulin wanted to go on, but Ruifang couldn't listen anymore.

Ruifang lifted the quilt, jumped off the bed, threw herself in front of Nan Rulin, and slapped Nan Rulin hard in the face.Nan Rulin was stunned by the beating, and sat on the chair crookedly, covering her face for a long time without recovering. Ruifang pointed at Nan Rulin and scolded: "It's not me who is a villain, but you, a bitch! I don't ask you to settle accounts, but you dare to come to me again and again! Today I explained to you, kill Da The young master is Captain Wang! I ordered him to be killed! It was not Captain Wang and I who made a quick decision, and our lives might be ruined by you bastard! Even you can't escape!" Ruifang rushed to the bedside again , took out a photo and threw it on the table in front of Nan Rulin, "Look, who is the slut in this photo?"

Nan Rulin glanced out of the corner of her eye, and immediately realized that the person in the photo was her.She was sitting on the fence of the gazebo with a book by the Fourteenth Young Master on her lap.Nan Rulin didn't understand why this photo got into Ruifang's hands, so she asked, "Where did this come from?" Ruifang snorted, and said with a sinister smile: "You are still pretending to be confused! Didn't you give this to the young master? You see there is a word behind it: 'I hope you will live a long time, and we will share the joys and joys of thousands of miles away!' Do you think you read If you fall in love with the young master, will the young master have a crush on you? No way! The young master doesn’t even want Liu Yuwei, who is free and in love, to be a helper, so would you dare to take his old man’s concubine? I’m afraid that the young master will take it As a criminal evidence, I will kill you! You are good, you will not be fooled, and you will tell the young master about us..." This is something Nan Rulin never expected, that the young master actually has her photo in his hand!He actually wrote the words "I wish you a long life and a long journey together" on the photo!That is to say, the eldest young master loves her silently in his heart, but he dare not say it out... Nan Rulin didn't care what Ruifang said, just held her photo in her hand and looked at it over and over again.There is dried blood in one corner of the photo, and there are beautiful words on the back of the photo, which really looks like it was written by a girl, so it is no wonder that Ruifang believes that it was written by her.Ruifang only knows that she likes to read books, but has never seen her handwriting.Looking at it, her eyes were filled with tears, and the words written by her on the photo and the young master behind the photo became blurred. Nan Rulin didn't want to explain, she was willing to let Ruifang misunderstand like this... Holding the photo, Nan Rulin raised her tearful face and asked Ruifang in a trembling voice, "It was... you found it on the young master, right?" Ruifang said: "Isn't it? It's also thanks to Captain Wang's carefulness that he turned on the young master in the end. Otherwise, even if the young master died, you would not be able to escape the responsibility! You, you are really careless. If you take out your heart, you won't be afraid of being swallowed by someone's bloody mouth! Having said that, let me tell you, we are women, not just ordinary women. Girl, we should hide our feelings deeply..." Nan Rulin's face was full of tears, and she sighed sadly: "It's late..." The later years were as dull as water, and Nan Rulin's heart was also as dull as water.In the winter when she was twenty-one years old, the passion of life died amidst the sound of gunfire, just like a firework jumping into the air, it disappeared in a flash.Nan Rulin was immersed in the peaceful memories of the past. General Hao was like this before his death, and he was still like this after his death. Old General Hao didn't die in battle, but died of illness three years later.That province-wide melee did not completely defeat Old General Hao, but only gnawed off half of Old General Hao's Jiangnan territory.After that, they fought again, because of other things, and Old General Hao lost two more county towns.When he later disarmed the National Revolutionary Army, General Hao still occupied the provincial capital and the surrounding four counties.It's not easy. Old General Hao spent most of his last days in Hao's mansion.After repeated setbacks, Old General Hao also looked away. Although he still insisted on going to the field without electricity, he no longer took command in person and dreamed of the unified big head dream.When the Fourth Wife and the Eighth Wife bought five-five treasury coupons, Old General Hao just laughed it off when he found out, and did not tie up the Fourth Wife and the Eighth Wife and shoot them.Seeing that the Fourth Wife and the Eighth Wife had made a lot of money, Old General Hao sighed and said, "You really have a good eye, you know that my Dingguo Army will be defeated before the battle is fought."Let's ask Mrs. Fourth and Mrs. Eight why they didn't remind him earlier. The fourth wife and the eighth wife regretted it, and felt that it was wrong to conspire to kill the young master at the beginning. They were fooled by the ninth wife Ruifang and took the blame for the ninth wife Ruifang.But I dare not say it, I just change the way to be nice to the second wife, the mother of the young master.Nan Rulin was also kind to the second wife, and often moved the second wife to tears. The family law in Hao's mansion has also been changed, and the wives are not restricted from going out to play cards.Nan Rulin, the third wife and the fifth wife sometimes played cards until very late.Although Hao Keshi was still unhappy, he still wanted to carry out starvation meals according to the old rules. Old General Hao always refused, saying that today is not yesterday, and it will not work if this continues, or there will be another traitor. Old General Hao was afraid of rebels, so he did so.The Eleventh Aunt who loves plums ran away with an officer under Liu Anjie openly—not sneakily like the sixth wife, Xiujuan, but carelessly. Old General Hao has many secrets that are not visible to others.This made the enlightened General Hao couldn't bear it anymore.Old General Hao's most proud career in his life was fighting wars and raising his aunt. In the end, he couldn't fight the war well, and he couldn't take care of his aunt, so how could it be justified?Old General Hao offered a reward of 30,000 yuan for the capture of Aunt Eleven, but he failed to catch her until she died. During this period, Hao Keshi also gradually became dissatisfied.Old General Hao didn't fight any more, didn't go camping, and stayed in the mansion all the time. His wife and children all looked at Old General Hao's face and talked, and no one took her seriously anymore.Hao Ke felt that he had lost his authority, and always wanted to set fire to Hao's mansion. The fire really caught fire, and I don't know if it was set by Hao Keshi, but because of the quick rescue, no one else was burned to death, only Hao Keshi was burned to death.This is very strange. A few days before Hao Keshi was burned to death, he always said that he saw the sixth wife Xiujuan, and suspected that the two biological daughters of the sixth wife Xiujuan—Miss Fifth and Miss Eight wanted to kill her... In the spring of the year when the Northern Expedition entered the city peacefully, Old General Hao died of encephalopathy.The wives and children of each room in Hao's mansion were separated, and there was another half a month of ups and downs.In the end, Hao Baochuan, who had already served as a lieutenant general in the National Revolutionary Army, was invited to be the middle man, and the final decision was made. At the beginning of May, a large truck from Jiangbei took Nan Rulin away.Before Nan Rulin left, she took away the photo of herself that was praised by the young master, and asked the second wife for a photo of the young master, and posted it face to face with her photo, and put it on the clothes she was wearing next to her body. inside. The cart was walking on Tongrenli Official Street, looking at the familiar scenery on both sides of the street, Nan Rulin remembered five years ago: It was also such a May morning, it was quite warm, and she was sitting in the armor of Old General Hao. The car drives on this official street and comes to Hao's mansion.At that time, she didn't know what was behind this wealthy family in the official street. She thought that everything here was full of solemn happiness, and she had fallen into a honeypot!It's funny to think about it.Naturally, at that time, I didn't know that I would meet a young master at this gate... In the shaking street scene, I saw the face of the young master again.The young master stood on the gazebo in the garden and sighed at the decadence of autumn; the young master was wearing a royal blue satin jacket with dark flowers, and chatted with her by the small trees in the moon gate of the courtyard; the young master was rubbing his hands in her bedroom Long sighs and short sighs; the young master smiled and stood beside the photographer in the Governor's Mansion, watching the photographer take pictures of her... The young master stared at her face obsessively and said, "Shi Niang, you look like a college student when you read." "Shi Niang, you are stronger than Liu Yuwei, and more stable than Liu Yuwei." "Shi Niang, do you really want me to go back to Hankou? Isn't this another time to turn back?" "Ten Niangs, Ten Niangs..." This is the most memorable thing about Nan Rulin's five years in Hao Mansion...